The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-22
CITY NOTES.

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Mr. /. jacobson is over at Fernandina,
taking few days rest and recreation.
Col. G. w. Pratt and wife will go to
New England to-day, where they will
spend the summer, pleasure and health
seeking.
Messrs. j. /. Wimberly and E. w. Jer-
nigan, of Interlachen, were in town yes
terday. They report affairs very quiet
in that section.
Mr.. c.. r.. Jones, while out rowing yes
terday morning, had the misfortune to
overturn his boat just as he was making
"a landing at the Florida Southern wharf.
Aside from a sadden cooling off, there
was no damage done.
Willie Doyle was up before the Mayor
yesterday morning on charge of gam
bling. He was fined in the good round
sum of $25 and costs. Will Singleton was
fined 81 and costs for using profane
language ON the streets.
The clouds gathered over Palatka yes
terday afternoon, and just before night
s
began to fall. 1t was regular ground
soaker and trash remover, and the very
thing needed after our long dry spell.
SEVEN the old man may do much good
by counseling the young and making
them wise from his long experience.
Let him be model of patience and
wisdom. and then, like the setting sun,
even while departing, still be blessing.
One of the curtains in the reading
room of the Saratoga Hall caught fire
last night from gas jet, but the flame
was extinguished before any great dam
age was done. As usual ON such occa-
sions. the fire created considerable excite
ment for a short time.
The young people will enjoy a hop at
Lucas Hall this evening, and take in the
cooling and refreshing river breeze be-
tween sets. The only objection the
young men seem to have to these hops is
that they do not take place often enough.
They are always thoroughly enjoyed.
The bridge to he built across the river
10 SUN tfit tilitl toDit VI CONVERSATIONS ofi
the streets, and every man one meets
has something to say about the matter.
The meeting at the Guards Armory to-
morrow night is going to be largely at
tended, and the matter will be thorough
ly discussed before any definite decision
will be arrived at.
''Man is bound to make good use of his
time if he wishes to show gratitude to
God, who made him but little lower
than the angels, and respect to himself
rs one who is created for noble purposes.
There remains for him who has spent
his time well, the esteem of his fellow
men, the prospect of n happy old age,
and ut last blissful eternal life"
The first of the series of "Wednesday
half rate excursions will be run over the
Florida Southern. St. Johns and Halifax.
and the st. Augustine and Palatka rail
ways to-day, and no doubt large crowds
will come To town from every direction.
A hearty welcome will await all who
come, and those who desire to purchase
goods will find especially good bargains
awaiting them at the counters of our
merchants.
A Southwest Georgia paper says that
castor oil is an infallible remedy for the
sting of bees or other insects. Ii has
been tried by number of persons in
that city, and has given almost instant
relief in every instance. The castor oil
seems to counterfeit the poison and allay
the pain as soon as applied. AS the rem
edy is said, by reliable persons who have
tried it, to be a prompt and never-failing
one, it is worth remembering.
Mr.. A. j. Beach has returned from
California, where he has been for the
past few weeks selling nursery stock
and taking in the sights of that country.
He says the people out there are wide
awake and pushing, and they are so
busy that they never take time to rest on
Sunday. He says it is difficult to tell
Sunday from any other day, as stores,
saloons and churches are all open the
same as other days, and the workmen
Just as busy. He says that he enjoyed
the trip, and got some big orders for
nursery stock.